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Shakrain festival at Old Dhaka

Sheikh Arif Bulbon :he residents of Old Dhaka celebrated Poush Shankranti, also known as Shakrain on first day of Magh (tenth month of Bengali calendar). Dates of the event vary according to different localities....

Book Review: Islami Porivasha (Islamic Terminology)

by Dr Syed Shah Amran :Publisher: Project Director, Islami Books Publication Project-2nd Phase, Islamic Foundation, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207. Date of Publication : March 2018, Choitro, 1424, Rojob 1439. Printing and Binding: Jhingeful 34,North...

You can help smokers kick that butt

Weekend Plus Desk :According to a study, when smokers-who are trying to quit-are allowed to regulate their nicotine intake, it helps them kick the habit.Led by the Queen Mary University of London, the research...

Your brain rewards you twice when you eat

Weekend Plus Desk :ccording to new research, a meal can trigger reward signals in the brain twice-first when the food is ingested and again when the food reaches the stomach.The study, published in the...

You’re turning into your parents

Weekend Plus Desk :ith so many family gatherings this time of year, many of us notice that our siblings are turning into our parents, and some of our partners’ and friends’ kids are turning...

An egg a day may keep diabetes away

Weekend Plus Desk :ating an egg daily can have a beneficial effect on the blood metabolite profile that is related to a lower risk of Type-2 diabetes, a new study shows.The findings showed that...

As a matter of fact, Jasim Uddin was a poet of rural touch and cultural aspects. Modern urban life has not been spoken by him deeply. In spite of that, he was obviously considered as modern poet. Because he did everything like a modern poet. Jasim Uddin

Poet Jasim Uddin: An analysis

Dr Forqan Uddin Ahmed :oet Jasim Uddin was respected in terms of poetic analyses and literary judgment. His writings came to us with the prospects he had earned. Considering the importance of attaining, standard...

New Year in English poetry

New Year in English poetry

Sufian Raihan :n the history of civilization, people had to struggle in different backgrounds in different ages. The history of this struggle is the true calendar of human civilization. In a special case, when...

POEM: Three Poems

POEM: Three Poems

-M Mizanur Rahman CapitalYour capital is neither money nor property-making machine though you talk mostly in that term.And for that you do much more harm to your real capital human beings.  ServiceDon’t hate the one...

Originally Mohammad Nasiruddin worked with Insurance Company as a field salesman. But soon he left the job, moved to Calcutta and chose the career of journalism. On 2 December 1918 he published an illustrated literary magazine called Saogat. But due to fi

Mohammad Nasiruddin

M Nurul Quiyum :ohammad Nasiruddin (1888-1994) was a journalist and liberal thinker. He had little formal education. But through private studies and interactions he became an outstanding reformist intellectual of the Muslim society of...

POEM: If I were

-Nuron Nahar Sila If I were a bird I fly in the sky.If I were a flowerI give sweet smell to all.If I were a treeI give fruits to all.If I were a river...